The Manti Te’o hoax, in which Notre Dame fans, media entities, and allegedly the Heisman runner-up himself, were fooled by a false Twitter account, is drawing more attention to the legality of false online identities and online impersonation.

Prior to December 2nd, 2011, Wisconsin had been enforcing one of the nation’s highest interest rates on civil monetary judgments. However, on November 16, 2011, a bill entitled 2011 Wisconsin Act 69 was enacted to change the previously static 12% rate, with the impact of significantly lowering the rate of interest on outstanding judgments.Read More